Provision of Legal Services to the Office of Government Procurement

The Office of Government Procurement

This public procurement competition relates to the provision legal services to the
Office of Government Procurement (OGP). The OGP is an office within the
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and is responsible for sourcing
goods and services on behalf of the public service.
In this regard, the following services may be required;
Advising the OGP on all stages of tender competition(s), as required, up to and
including contract award;
Legal review of draft the Requests for Tender (RFT), draft contract and other
draft tender documents for the purposes of the tender competition(s), the first
draft of which will be developed by the sourcing teams in the OGP; and
General legal advice and guidance on relevant areas of law arising out of and in
relation to any such tender competition(s) including but not limited to EU and
national public procurement law.
The purpose of this competition is to establish a single supplier framework
agreement for the provision of the Services (‘Services Framework Contract’) to
the Contracting Authority.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2016-01-18. The procurement was published on 2015-12-22.

Suppliers

The following suppliers are mentioned in award decisions or other procurement documents:

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2015-12-22 Contract notice
2017-01-19 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2015-12-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Legal services
Quantity or scope: As required.
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Legal services 📦

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: The Office of Government Procurement
Postal address: 3A Mayor Street Upper
Postal code: 1
Postal town: Dublin
Contact
E-mail: tenderoperations@ogp.gov.ie 📧
Phone: +353 16476975 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2015-12-22 📅
Submission deadline: 2016-01-18 📅
Publication date: 2015-12-24 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2015/S 249-455299
Refers to notice: 2015/S 038-065008
OJ-S issue: 249
Additional information
As the subject matter of the framework agreement comprises (Annex IIB services in accordance with European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/18/EC on the co-ordination of procedures for the award of public works, public supply and public services contracts (the ‘Procurement Directive’), this Competition is not fully subject to the to the full rules of the Procurement Directive.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
This public procurement competition relates to the provision legal services to the
Office of Government Procurement (OGP). The OGP is an office within the
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and is responsible for sourcing
goods and services on behalf of the public service.
In this regard, the following services may be required;
Advising the OGP on all stages of tender competition(s), as required, up to and
including contract award;
Legal review of draft the Requests for Tender (RFT), draft contract and other
draft tender documents for the purposes of the tender competition(s), the first
draft of which will be developed by the sourcing teams in the OGP; and
General legal advice and guidance on relevant areas of law arising out of and in
relation to any such tender competition(s) including but not limited to EU and
national public procurement law.
The purpose of this competition is to establish a single supplier framework
agreement for the provision of the Services (‘Services Framework Contract’) to
the Contracting Authority.
Duration: 024 months
Reference number: PLI064C
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Dublin 1.

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As described in RFT.
Economic and financial standing: As described in RFT.
Minimum level(s) of standards: As described in RFT.
Technical and professional ability: As described in RFT.
Contract execution
Deposits and guarantees required: If applicable, will be described in RFT.
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them: If applicable, will be described in RFT.
Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded: If applicable, will be described in RFT.
Other particular conditions: As described in RFT.
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
This competition is specific to those that are regulated by the Solicitors Act 1954 (as amended), or in the case of Solicitors from outside the Republic of Ireland, the equivalent legislation, rules or regulations.
Names and professional qualifications of the staff ✅

Procedure
Duration of the framework agreement in months: 24
Tender validity period: 090 days
Languages
Language: English 🗣️

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Sean Bresnan
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/351 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=95353&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=95353&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Publication date: 2015-02-24 📅
Identifiers
Reference number attributed by the contracting authority: PLI064C
Notice number in the OJ S: 2015/S 038-065008

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Central Office of the High Court, Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2015/S 249-455299 (2015-12-22)
Contract award notice (2017-01-19)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
This public procurement competition (‘Competition’) relates to the provision legal services to the Office of Government Procurement (OGP). The OGP is an office within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (‘DPER’) and is responsible for sourcing goods and services on behalf of the public service.
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Total value of the procurement: 900 000 EUR 💰
Notice metadata
Document type: Contract award notice
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Additional CPV: Legal services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️

Procedure
Type of bid: Not applicable

Contracting authority
Contact
Internet address: http://www.procurement.ie/ 🌏
Phone: +353 016476975 📞

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-01-19 📅
Publication date: 2017-01-21 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 015-024129
Refers to notice: 2015/S 249-455299
OJ-S issue: 15
Additional information
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #101929).

Object
Scope of the procurement
Title of the lot: Provision of Legal Services to the Office of Government Procurement
Lot number: 1
Short description:
This public procurement competition (‘Competition’) relates to the provision legal services to the Office of Government Procurement (OGP). The OGP is an office within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (‘DPER’) and is responsible for sourcing goods and services on behalf of the public service. The Chief State Solicitor's Office (‘CSSO’) is the primary provider of legal services to the OGP. It is anticipated, however, that in exceptional circumstances, such as during peak periods and in other cases from time to time, the OGP may from time-to-time require access to additional legal resources.
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Procedure
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Quality of approach to service delivery
Quality criterion (weighting): 200
Quality criterion (name): Quality and experience of proposed service delivery team
Quality criterion (weighting): 450
Quality criterion (name): Quality of proposals for added value services
Quality criterion (weighting): 50
Cost criterion: Cost
Cost weighting: 300

Award of contract
Date of contract conclusion: 2016-02-24 📅

Complementary information
Review body
Phone: +353 18886000 📞
Information about review deadlines:
Please refer to the Request for Tender documents associated with the notice published on www.etenders.gov.ie (RFT #101929).
Source: OJS 2017/S 015-024129 (2017-01-19)
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